1667Mhz spike that represents the signature of the Hydroxyl Megamaser cloud in the Milky Way. Part of a larger project to use techniques in amateur radio astronomy to determine the shape of the megamaser cloud and galactic centre of the Milky Way.
Sound of the mobile GSM 900Mhz band (received at Indiranagar zone, Bangalore)
Part of a series of sound based works that explores alternative ways of cinematic narration as text. The entire script of the film, The Matrix, was encoded using Audio Frequency Shift Keying, and transmitted as a sound signal on an FM frequency, to be later received on a radio. The received sound was decoded as a real-time display of the film as text, in a remote location.
Students : Meera Sanghani, Akshay Tiwari and Sapna Nayak @ Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology
‘Signals and Sounds’ Workshop by Sharath Chandra Ram
Tiny sound snippet off a 10 minute audio datastream received from the USGS NASA weather satellite that contains an encoded image. Recorded at the Centre for Internet and Society.
Quadrifilar Helical Antenna to receive downlinks of imagery and sensor data from overpassing USGS and NASA Polar satellites at the 137Mhz band. The data received was an encoded sound that had to be reprocessed and decoded to produce the overhead image. - Part of the The RadioLuna Project for Open Science Communication.
A compilation of naval transmissions and conversations at Kochi Port Vypin (156Mhz FM) as well as HF morse code transmissions from ships on the high seas (5 to 7 Mhz SSB).
This was part of the multi channel sound installation- Beam by Prof Cathy Lane installed as a collateral at the Kochi Biennale 2014. Sharath Chandra Ram was a contributing Transmission Artist.
Beam was conceived and directed by Dr Cathy Lane, Professor of Sound, University of Arts London.
Sharath Chandra Ram was a contributing Transmission Artist. Recordings made at the Naval band frequency of ships entering Cochin Port Vypin using a VHF antenna at the 156Mhz band.
119.4Mhz AM signal reception using a bipole antenna to listen to acrobatic pilots coordinate their dance at the Aero-India Air Show 2015. The video recorded at the air-show was later synched to the recorded radio communication.
A Sonic Exploration using a custom analog telephone pick-up coil on everyday appliances. Part of the ‘Signal and Sounds’ workshop by Sharath Chandra Ram
Students : Aaruni Kaushik, Aaditya Reddy, Anisha Baid, Srishti Suryavanshi, Shubhi Goyal @ www.srishti.ac.in
Traffic Dabolim @ Story of Light Festival 2015, Goa.
Installed at the ‘Palace of Masquinezes’ at the Office of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.
Live Analog TV Transmission of ATC-Pilot conversations in Goan airspace in the 128Mhz band.
(Sharath Chandra Ram and Gene Kogan)